Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-10-05
FROM DISTANT CLlMES.

IN order to thoroughly visit the city
Of London person would have TO traverse
as great n distance as lies between the two
oceans in the United States.
RUSSIA employs petroleum as fuel 10 o
a very great extent About three hundred
large steamers arc run by it, and over
thousand locomotives and engines burn
nothing but liquid fuel
THE total steam mercantile tonnage of the
world now afloat is estimated at 1851, ,S4S
tons, of which Great Britain owns nearly
two-thirds. or the merchantiic tonnage IN
the aggregate England owns about one-half.
THE people of France have fearful con.
dition OF finances TO contemplate. On the
lst of January, 1850, tho public debt OF
France amounted TO Sc 200, coo, coo; ON the
1st Of February, 1887, it reached S7,524, 900.
900. Thus in seven years the debt has been
swcllcd TO the tune OF Sl.324, 600, ,C00-au' In.
crease OF such fearful proportions as 10 just
ly create alarm for the solvency of Franco.
A LINE Of street cars provided with com.
Portable accommodations for sleeping, lava
tories and other conveniences is 10 run be.
tween several South American towns in tho
region of Buenos Ayrcs. This street rail-
way, it is said, will be tho largest In the
world, and will comprise cattlc-cars, poul.
try-cars, rcfrigerator-cars, etc, all OF which
arc TO be supplied by Philadelphia firm.
ACCORDING to statement OF the Regis.
trar-Ceneral, Great Britain is increasing in
population at the rate of a thousand day,
or in ten years time an cxcession equal hi
numbers to the population OF London. In
connection with this enormous growth two
points deserve to be noted. The dispro-
portion Of the sexes, in itself serious evil,
is slowly but steadily increasing. The dis
tribution OF the population is undergoing
sensible change The towns except where
some special cause is at work-arc every
where growing. The rural population ie
either standing still or actually diminishing.
CONTRARY to prevailing impression, the
native Patagonian is small in stature, never
exceeding five feet ten inches in height.
The females have a muscular development
equal to the males, and it sometimes diff
cult to distinguish between the sexes, ow.
ing to the masculine appearance Of the
gcntlcr sex, tho women in most cases sport
ing an incipient naustache and beard, which
on the male never grows very luxuriant
ly. Both sexes dress alike. Bleak and cold
as tho climate is at the best Of times, the
usual dress consists of the skin OF some
wild animal loosely wrapped around the
body.
GERMAN clerks in London have curious
mode OF existence. Many of them club to-
gether, it seems, in bands of three, and
rent room for about ten shillings a week
Two meals arc generally taken in this cham
bcr-breakfast in the morning and toa at
night. The repast consists OF German sau,
sage, black bread, little cheese and cheat
salads. The German clerks dinner consists
CT plate OF hot stewcd meat and thick
soup, which he gets in tho city for four.
pence; potatoes cost him ono penny. and
bread another penny. With dinner, thorc
fore, costing about scvcnpcnco, including
beer, OF which, happy man, he gets half
pint for his Penny, our Tcutonic friends cx
penses Tor week arc almost infinitesimal
Thus, the ESQ, eco or GO year upon which
tho English clerk tries to live lcaves the Ger
man with magnificent balance.